Samueli mũnabii,rĩu nĩ mũtũme,
Ena rũhĩa rwĩ maguta ma gũitanĩrĩria,
Mũitĩrĩrio arĩ nakũ,maguta twĩnamo,
Mũrĩithi ũkũrĩithia mbũri,ona andũ no arĩithie.

Mwanake wa Jesse,ta wĩhĩkahĩke
Naihenya naihenya mũciĩ kũrĩ ũhoro mũhiũ.
Mwanake wa Jesse,ta wĩhĩkahĩke
Naihenya naihenya mũciĩ kũrĩ ũhoro mũhiũ.

Jesse rĩrĩa onire, Samueli mũnabii,
Agĩta athuri a itũũra, mooke mamũgeithie,
Samueli akĩĩra athuri acio, nĩwega mũmenye,
Maguta Maya ndĩnamo, ndingĩcooka namo.

Mwanake wa Jesse,ta wĩhĩkahĩke
Naihenya naihenya mũciĩ kũrĩ ũhoro mũhiũ.
Mwanake wa Jesse,ta wĩhĩkahĩke
Naihenya naihenya mũciĩ kũrĩ ũhoro mũhiũ.

Abinadab mena Shammah mũũrũ wa ithe,
Mahenia mũũrũ wa nyina mooka he Samueli,
Ngai akĩĩra Samueli, aya ndirameenda,
Samueli akĩũria kana, nĩ harĩ mwanake ũngĩ.

Mwanake wa Jesse,ta wĩhĩkahĩke
Naihenya naihenya mũciĩ kũrĩ ũhoro mũhiũ.
Mwanake wa Jesse,ta wĩhĩkahĩke
Naihenya naihenya mũciĩ kũrĩ ũhoro mũhiũ.

Anaake aya nĩ aigana, marenda maguta,
Na rũthanju rwa kũrĩithia, rũrĩ na Daudi,
Daudi ndarĩ mũciĩ, arĩ o gĩthaka-inĩ,
Akĩrĩithia mbũri cia ithe, nĩ agĩĩrwo naihenya.

Mwanake wa Jesse,ta wĩhĩkahĩke
Naihenya naihenya mũciĩ kũrĩ ũhoro mũhiũ.
Mwanake wa Jesse,ta wĩhĩkahĩke
Naihenya naihenya mũciĩ kũrĩ ũhoro mũhiũ.

Athuri marĩ nakũ, mooke matuĩke aira,
Daudi nĩwe ũtuĩkĩte,mũtongoria wiitũ,
Nĩaitĩrĩrio maguta, atuuo mũthamaki,
Ona rũhĩa rwoimagara maguta twĩnamo.

Mwanake wa Jesse,ta wĩhĩkahĩke
Naihenya naihenya mũciĩ kũrĩ ũhoro mũhiũ.
Mwanake wa Jesse,ta wĩhĩkahĩke
Naihenya naihenya mũciĩ kũrĩ ũhoro mũhiũ.

Aarĩ a ithe meranaga gaaka no kahĩĩ
Matiaririkanaga atĩ nĩkoragĩte Nduba
Gakĩoraga ngoliathũ na kahiga o kamwe
Maguta nĩ marĩ hinya na nĩmo tũrenda

Mwanake wa Jesse,ta wĩhĩkahĩke
Naihenya naihenya mũciĩ kũrĩ ũhoro mũhiũ.
Mwanake wa Jesse,ta wĩhĩkahĩke
Naihenya naihenya mũciĩ kũrĩ ũhoro mũhiũ.

Samueli mũnabii,rĩu nĩ mũtũme,
Ena rũhĩa rwĩ maguta ma gũitanĩrĩria,
Mũitĩrĩrio arĩ nakũ,maguta twĩnamo,
Mũrĩithi ũkũrĩithia mbũri,ona andũ no arĩithie.

Mwanake wa Jesse,ta wĩhĩkahĩke
Naihenya naihenya mũciĩ kũrĩ ũhoro mũhiũ.
Mwanake wa Jesse,ta wĩhĩkahĩke
Naihenya naihenya mũciĩ kũrĩ ũhoro mũhiũ.

Anaake aya nĩ aigana, marenda maguta,
Na rũthanju rwa kũrĩithia, rũrĩ na Daudi,
Daudi ndarĩ mũciĩ, arĩ o gĩthaka-inĩ,
Akĩrĩithia mbũri cia ithe, nĩ agĩĩrwo naihenya.

Mwanake wa Jesse,ta wĩhĩkahĩke
Naihenya naihenya mũciĩ kũrĩ ũhoro mũhiũ.
Mwanake wa Jesse,ta wĩhĩkahĩke
Naihenya naihenya mũciĩ kũrĩ ũhoro mũhiũ.